Can I import my SMIME certificate in OSX 10.11.1

I try to create own CA and sign created certificates according to the procedure described here:

http://ServerFault.com/questions/103...AIL-encryption

It works perfectly on my Linux machine. I can import certificates to Thunderbird, sign and encrypt emails.

But I have a problem in AppleMail on OSX ver 10.11.1. It is possible to import to keychain ca.crt but .p12 individual certs are impossible to import.

No idea what to do?

The exact configuration of the required for SMIME certificate is different from a normal 'client' certificate however if your certificate works for SMIME in Linux and Thunderbird I will assume that you have the correct aspect.

The other thing to look at is for this purpose, you must use a type .p12 certificate file that will contain the private key and certificate (public). She is as virtual as this file is password protected. Some but not all software knowing that .p12 files should be password protected will meet this requirement when a .p12 file is created, but not all are also helpful. It could be if your .p12 file is not password protected it is not recognized.

I would then normally use Keychain Access to import the .p12 file and actually if you double-click a .p12 file Keychain Access will normally automatically launched. You want to import in to your login keychain.

Note: Because you are using a self-signed rootCA you need to have been imported and trust the rootCA .crt file. This must be imported in to your keychain in system not your login keychain. Import simply there not automatically trust it, you may need to select in Keychain Access and explicitly trust it.

PS. as SMIME is used for emails and emails can go for both external and internal parts, it is usually far, far better to use a SMIME certificate officially generated rather than a self-signed. It is because if you get an official, it will be automatically approved by system of everyone, while if you are using a self-signed one, you will need to get everyone to install and to trust your first rootCA .crt file. It is possible to get the free official SMIME certificate of various organizations. I use Comodo, but I believe that Thwate among other offers also a free.

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